Philippe Ariès Described Five Different Types of Attitudes Toward Death

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Essay

Philippe Ariès described five different types of attitudes toward death. Choose one of these attitudes (as Ariès discussed it), and describe it carefully enough so that it can be distinguished from the other four. Make plain what is particularly unique about the attitude you choose to describe.

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Definitions:

Instinct

Instinct refers to an innate, biological tendency to perform a particular behavior pattern in response to specific environmental stimuli, without the need for learning or experience.

Identically

In exactly the same manner, form, or degree; having no differentiation.

Individual

Refers to a single human being as distinct from a group, community, or society.

Experimental Settings

Controlled environments where researchers manipulate variables to study their effects on subjects.